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Fox Searchlight wins 'Wrestler' bidding war


September 08, 2008 Fox Searchlight has acquired U.S. rights to Darren Aronofskys The Wrestler for a figure reported to be in the $4 million range at the Toronto International Film Festival. An all-night negotiating session with seller CAA that included Overture, Senator and Lionsgate came to a head around 5 a.m. Monday, as it became clear that filmmakers wanted to go in the Searchlight direction. The sale would mark the first big U.S. deal of the fest and could kick-start what had been a slow acquisitions market, with the Jennifer Aniston starrer "Management" and Richard Eyre's "The Other Man" other potential sales.

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